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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Tesla's father's occupation?

2. Why did Tesla suppress a talent at a young age?

3. What ability did Tesla have no talent for in The Real Gymnasium?

4. Why did Tesla say most people lacked a certain ability?

5. Why was Tesla so concerned about the one thing he had no talent for in The Real Gymnasium?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tesla suffer from during his breakdown in Prague?

2. What did Tesla's father do to help him hone his skill?

3. What did Tesla do when he suddenly figured out how to create his induction motor?

4. What was Tesla doing when he made his motor breakthrough?

5. What happened when Gospic got a new fire engine?

6. What did Tesla say he got from his mother?

7. Why was Tesla's father not more excited about his success at the school?

8. What did Tesla do to the fire engine that Gospic got?

9. What kind of hallucinations did Tesla have as a child?

10. What did Tesla say about the Gramme dynamo, and what was his professor's response to this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tesla and Edison were two very similar people. Yet, they had some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite for support, write a compare/contrast essay about these two inventors.

Essay Topic 2

What inventions of Tesla are still affecting us today? How?

Essay Topic 3

Belonging and security were two themes present in this book. Where did these themes appear, and which people were most motivated by them?

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